Paris-Roubaix 2021. The race where even a car crashed.
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According to PCS, there was one such lightweight today:There should be a Paris Roubaix special addition for riders unde 60kg. I wanna see Porte, Pozzovivo, Nairoman battle on cobbles
The cobble stage in the 2015 Tour was a good one. Nairo, Froome, Nibali all trading attacks from the group of cobble experts before Tony Martin escaped for the stage win.There should be a Paris Roubaix special addition for riders unde 60kg. I wanna see Porte, Pozzovivo, Nairoman battle on cobbles
“Poel” is a Dutch word meaning “slow finish.” It also explains Adri’s 7 silver and bronze medals in CX worlds.Van der Poel has the Evenepoel syndrome. Towing riders to the line and getting out sprinted by bike lengths.
Maybe I don't get your point but perhaps you have never hurt yourself enough on a bike to understand, maybe just keep an open mind? If Paquot did cry then I am pretty sure it would have zero to do with if he had a sad life or not.
Every pro rider should be required to ride Paris-Roubaix once, like a rite of passage. In the past the greatest champions also coveted it for their palmares, even one how despised it like Hinault. It's the very essence of brutal cycling.
Those saying Colbrelli wheelsucked VdP forget that Colbrelli attacked alone to get up the road towards the head of the race, before VdP followed. That was smart tactics.
VdP still does too much in these long races, and has little left at the end. It's a real pattern now.
Not gonna give any attention to people commenting on wheelsucking. Only thing that I noticed was that when Van Der Poel made that last attack before Moscon went down and Boivin could not close that gap to Van Der Poel anymore by himself Colbrelli really looked done as well. But Colbrelli closed that gap and came back. That was the winning move in my opinion.Those saying Colbrelli wheelsucked...
are simply right.
Whether that's smart, astute, dumb, brave, not brave, canny, popular, not popular... doesn't matter.
It was a master class in wheel sucking, and I don't remember any winner of Roubaix ever winning this way (in the last 30 years: maybe Guesdon was closest as he was under the radar, but I don't remember that edition very well).
It seems it's very hard for a good sprinter to just follow moves and beat other riders on the velodrome. So in a way, Colbrelly pulled off a feat that is quite rare.
I feel it was only possible because MvdP allowed him (and everyone else) to stay in his wheel as long as they wanted to be, and because of the head wind, so wheelsuckers could save energy in the finale.
Yes, but people like to pretend that he pulled a Gerrans...Didn't colbrelli attack at around 90km left?
Every single rider in the top 10 tried to force it / attacked. That doesn't set Colbrelli apart from any other rider.Didn't colbrelli attack at around 90km left?
It's an awful comparison and truly harsh on Sonny Colbrelli.Yes, but people like to pretend that he pulled a Gerrans...
Funny how Bugno slows down to 15 km/h the second they hit the cobbles.Now would be the perfect time to bring back the Giro del Lazio/Roma Maxima with the really nasty Via Appia Antica cobbles that they used back in the 90ies.
Make it hapen, RCS!
Yes, but people like to pretend that he pulled a Gerrans...
When did people start disliking Sonny though?This term is mostly used when ppl don't like a rider.
Let's build a rider.When did people start disliking Sonny though?
Tour? EC?
In interviews he comes accross as the kind of person most would be indifferent to.
That's a fair take and like you said van der Poel did nothing to make him work.It was completely different to Gerrans, but I also think he did quite some wheelsucking. Fair, allowed, but usually not the kind of winner people cheer for the most.
Compared to van der Poel, Moscon, Vermeersch he did the least work - part of that is on van der Poel, he could just have refused to drag him that whole part, he lead the group for a huge amount of kilometers. That doesn't mean Colbrelli did absolutely nothing, he did a few moves, but he wasn't one of the riders to do the most work and without van der Poel's behaviour they would probably never have caught Moscon again.
Every single rider in the top 10 tried to force it / attacked. That doesn't set Colbrelli apart from any other rider.
Didn't Moscon put on a show?
Didn't Vermeersch ride from 220kms out?
Didn't van der Poel ride more than 50% with his nose in the wind starting from Arenberg?
Yes, Colbrelli anticipated during a lull in the chasing group. He rode it very smart and tactically perfect. He only pushed hard when he had to (like when he had to take van der Poel back, or that last attack by Vermeersch).
It takes a very clear mind to ride it this way, in your first Roubaix. There are very few who could pull this off, and the weather made it even more complicated. So kudos to Colbrelli
So take it as you want, I have a very balanced view and respect for every rider finishing this race, but when it flies like a wheelsucker, quacks like a wheelsucker, well, it's probably not a duck.
Colbrelli won the race through being the smartest. Van der poel lacks racing intelligence. Colbrelli attacked at least twice and won the sprint.
Van derpol worked too much in the final 30km but all day colbrelli was taking his pulls and doing his work in the groups he was in. Just watch the footage.